Csaba Hende

The Slovak Presidency during the 2014/15 cycle actively coordinated numerous multi-level meetings on forming a common position leading to the fact that “the voice of the V4 countries was reflected in… [the] migration [policy of the EU]… [specifically] in the European Council Conclusions of June 2015.” These conclusions came shortly after the launch of EUNAVFOR MED and highlighted the need to “better contain the growing flows of illegal migration…. [and] reinforce… overall cooperation with countries of origin and transit… on stemming the flows of irregular migrants and on tackling the root causes of migration so as to reduce the incentives for illegal migration.” (See V4 Report; Slovak Presidency July 2014 – June 2015). It can be assumed that Hende in his capacity as defence minister participated in these meetings.

The 2017/18 Hungarian Presidency claimed that one of the V4’s “main achievements” was to have “refocused the migration-related EU discourse on security and border control. (See V4 Report; Hungarian Presidency).

35 million euro “contribution to border protection efforts in Libya” in December 2018 (See V4; Hungarian Presidency):

> part of the V4’s reportedly high involvement in phase 2 of the training of the Libyan coastguard.1 The 35 million euros made up the majority of the funds (35 million euros of 45 million euros in total) (V4; Involvement with Libya).